title: Quantum bound of the shear viscosity of a strongly coupled plasma.
abstract: String theory methods led to the hypothesis that the ratio of a shear viscosity coefficient to the volume density of entropy of any physical system has a lower bound. Systems with strong coupling have a small viscosity as compared to weakly coupled plasmas in which the viscosity is proportional to the mean free path. Here, we have estimated the fully ionized strongly coupled plasma viscosity based on the dynamic experimental data on electrical conductivity and have shown that the ratio of viscosity to entropy of the strongly coupled plasma is very close to that of the lower bound predicted by the string theory.
authors.affiliation: Joint Institute for High Temperatures RAS, 125412 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Fortov
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Mintsev